Carline construction



R. c. MUNRQ cARLmE- coNsTaucTioN Sept. 23, .1924; swws Filed April 24 1920 Illllllllliiill Ill imw Patented Sept. 23, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFic ROY C. MUNRO, O CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CHICAGO GLEVZELAND CAR ROOF- ING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO. ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CAR-LINE CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed April 24, 1920. Serial No. 376,183.

To all whom it may concern:

izen of the United States. residing in Chicago, in the county of (00k and State of Illinois, have invented a new' and useful Improvement in Carlino Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to carline constructions, more particularly designed for use in freight car roof frames, and has for an object the provision of a simple and economical construction by which the carline is strongly and firmly attached to the side frame members or side plates of the car frame. The invention has for other objects such other improvements or advantages in construction and operationas are found to obtain in the structures and devices hereinafter described or claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and showing, for purposes of exemplification a preferred form and manner in which the invention may be embodied and practiced, but without limiting the claimed invention to such illustrative instance or instances:

Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section of a portion of a car roof frame provided with a carline construction embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same;

ig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the construction employed at the point where the carline-is attached to the side plate;

Fig. 4 is a section on'the line 44 of i i 5 is a perspective view of one of the 'side rackets; and

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6--6 of Fig. 3.

The same characters of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, there is indicated at 11 the side plates of the roofframe,

these plates being suitably secured on the top of the side walls of a car and extending longitudinally along the opposite sides of the car.

The carline 12 consists ofa single steel bar, in the form of an angle bar, as shown in Fig. 6, having opposite stretches or reaches 13 and 14 which taper downwardly from the apex 15 of the carline to the ends -16, as shown in Fig. 1. The carline 12 may support a wood filler 17 secured to the carline by a line of bolts and having oppositely tapered top edges 18 and 19. 'Formed in the apex of the'fillcr 17 is a recess 20 in which is supported the usual ridge pole 21 of the car roof frame.

At its opposite ends, the carline 12 is supported by the side plates 11, and the construction by which said carline is so supported forms one 'of the principal features of the present invention. The construction at each side of the car and at each end of the carline is'the same and accordingly a description of the construction at one end of. the carline will sulfice for both. Supported by the side plate 11 is a side bracket 22, constructed in accordance with the invention, from a sheet metal blank formed to constitute a horizontal web 23 having'at its outside edge a depending lip 24 and its inside edge a depending flange 25, from which is cut out and upwardly bent a supporting'shelf 26. Preferably the shelf 26 1s bent-upwardly into a slightly inclined plane so as to lie substantially parallel with the horizontal leg 27 of the carline 12. The bracket 22 formed in the manner indicated is hung over the top of the side plate 11, as shown in Fig. 4, with the horizontal web 23 and the lip 24 respectively entering undercut ortions cut in the top and outside faces 0 the side plate 11. The

inside flange 25 of the bracket 22 hugs the f inside face of the side plate 11 and the the side plate b means of bolts 28 passed through the si e plate 11 and bolt holes 29 formed in the flange 25 of the bracket 22. When so secured the shelf 26 projects inwardlyfrom the side plate 11 for the support of the end of the carline 12. The bottom leg 27 of the carline rests on the shelf bracket 22 may be firmly secured in place to 26 and is secured thereto by means of rivets the side bracket 22. By this construction the carline is detachably though firmly secured to both the shelf 26 and the side flange 25 of the side bracket 22.

The invention as hereinabove set forth is embodied in a particular form of construction, but may be variously embodied Within the scope of the claims hereinafter made.

I claim:

1. A carline construction for freight car roofs and the like, embodying side plates respectively extending along opposite sides of the car, brackets hung from and secured to said side plates, said brackets being constituted of sheet metal and respectively bent "to provide depending vertical flanges restagainst the inner faces of the side plates, said vertical flanges being extendedinwardly to form shelves, a carline having its horizontal portion secured at its ends to said shelves, and angle plates separate from said bracket members connecting and securing the vertical portions at the ends of the carline to the vertical flanges of said brackets, substantially as specified.

2. A carline construction for freight car roofs and the like, embodying side plates respeetivelyextending along opposite sides of the car, bracket members of sheet metal hung from and secured to said side plates, each of said bracket members comprising a horizontal flange adapted to engage the up per edge of the adjacent side plate and a depending flange adapted to engage the inner face of said side plate, the lower edge of said depending flange being divided into two portions, one of said portions being adapted to be secured to said side plate and the other of said portions being bent upwardly to provide a substantially horizontal shelf portion, a carline of, angle bar construction having its horizontal leg secured at its ends to said shelf portions of said bracket members, and angle plates separate from said bracket members connecting and securing the vertical leg at the ends of the carline to the depending flanges of said bracket members, substantially as set forth.

ROY C. MUNRO. 

